— barbarization , n.
/bahr"beuh ruyz'/ , v. , barbarized, barbarizing .
v.t.
1. to make barbarous; brutalize; corrupt: foreign influences barbarizing the Latin language.
v.i.
2. to become barbarous; lapse into barbarism.
3. to use barbarisms in speaking or writing.
Also, esp. Brit., barbarise .
[ 1635-45; partly barbarízein, equiv. to bárbar ( os ) barbarian + -izein -IZE; partly BARBAR(OUS) + -IZE ]